A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #370 - Antipatriarchy - March 8th in Marseille: We are strong, proud, and antifascist (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

While March 8th is firmly established as a date for massive feminist 
mobilizations, our movements are increasingly facing attempts at 
infiltration by fascist groups. Maintaining our antifascist stance is 
now a major challenge in our struggles and a necessity for ensuring our 
unity. ---- The political events of recent weeks have undeniably shaken 
the media image of Némésis. While we saw few of them in the streets this 
March 8th, we are familiar with their racist rhetoric equating 
immigration with sexist and sexual violence, as well as their various 
strategies for self-proclaiming themselves as representatives of feminism.

The group "Nous Vivrerons" (We Will Live), formed after October 7, 2023, 
and defending the State of Israel, colonization, and the genocide in 
Palestine in the name of violence suffered by Jewish women, called on 
March 8 to gather on the sidelines of the inter-union rally planned in 
Marseille. The group is now adopting a strategy similar to that of 
Nemesis, attempting to infiltrate the feminist movement to promote its 
Zionist agenda.

Feminists mobilized in Marseille to reaffirm an anti-racist and 
anti-imperialist feminism... despite the ban imposed by the prefecture. 
Together, and in women-only sections, the security personnel of the 
radical feminist demonstration and part of the inter-union group held 
their ground against the far-right group.

"Nous Vivrerons" has been joined this year by the LR (Les Républicains) 
candidate for mayor, as well as, in several cities, by Iranian activists 
who glorify the US military for its intervention. While we do not 
minimize the extent of the patriarchal violence occurring in Iran, we 
condemn the imperialist policies of the United States, which invariably 
result in the deaths of civilians in the Middle East and are driven 
solely by capitalist and colonialist interests. Even though they were 
unable to march, it is clear that the "We Will Live" rally managed to 
take place in our streets under the protection of the riot police and 
the anti-crime squad, who used batons and tear gas to protect the 
fascist gathering.

UCL contingent of the March 8, 2026 demonstration in Lyon.

UCL Lyon
Let's be clear: there is no, and there will be no, feminist alliance 
with fascists and their allies. Zionism is a nationalist, colonial, and 
genocidal project. We are not fooled, and we will not march with the 
defenders of a fascist project, whether it be that of Nous Vivrens or 
that of Némésis.

The far right usurps feminism to claim to "defend women against 
immigrant men" and to propagate, time and again, the conflation of 
violence and immigration. Its small groups seek to infiltrate our 
demonstrations in order to later use a collective "we" to bolster their 
numbers, entrench fascism in public opinion, and destroy our checks and 
balances.

While our feminist movements have known for many years that confronting 
far-right groups in the streets and at our demonstrations now means 
confronting an armed police force that defends them, our resolve will 
hold as long as necessary to resist the implantation of fascism. More 
than ever, we affirm that our struggles against sexist and sexual 
violence are also struggles against imperialism and racism. Because our 
feminist struggles only make sense as antifascists, because our bodies 
will never belong to reactionaries.

Ness (UCL Marseille)

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?8-Mars-a-Marseille-Nous-sommes-fortes-fieres-et-antifascistes
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